Media Advisory

Meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

WHAT:

Meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

WHEN:

October 25-26, 2006

WHERE:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Global Communications Center, Room 232

AGENDA:

Major topics of discussion will include:

• Herpes Zoster (Shingles) Vaccine *
• Rabies Vaccine *
• Childhood/Adolescent Immunization Schedule *
• Influenza Vaccine

*vote to be taken

Other topics that will be discussed include:

• Vaccine financing - joint presentation by CDC′s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and the National Vaccine Advisory Committee
• Immunization safety
• HPV vaccine update
• Mumps outbreak update
• Vaccine supply update
• Global Polio Eradication Initiative update

The full draft agenda can be found at http://www.cdc.gov/nip/ACIP/agendas/agenda-oct06.pdf

REGISTRATION:

To speed security clearance at CDC's Clifton Road campus, ACIP attendees (participants and visitors) should register online at http://www2.cdc.gov/nip/ACIP/october Registration.asp. Once registration is complete, you will receive a placard for your vehicle (parking tag) and instructions for navigating the secured CDC environment for attending the ACIP meeting.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES